Articles | Volume 10, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-695-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/wes-10-695-2025
Research article
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14 Apr 2025
Research article |  | 14 Apr 2025

System design and scaling trends in airborne wind energy demonstrated for a ground-generation concept

Rishikesh Joshi, Dominic von Terzi, and Roland Schmehl

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on wes-2024-161', Anonymous Referee #1, 16 Dec 2024
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Rishikesh Joshi, 07 Feb 2025
  • RC2: 'Comment on wes-2024-161', Anonymous Referee #2, 31 Dec 2024
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Rishikesh Joshi, 07 Feb 2025
  • RC3: 'Comment on wes-2024-161', Anonymous Referee #3, 31 Dec 2024
    • AC3: 'Reply on RC3', Rishikesh Joshi, 07 Feb 2025

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Rishikesh Joshi on behalf of the Authors (07 Feb 2025)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (11 Feb 2025) by Paul Veers
ED: Publish as is (17 Feb 2025) by Carlo L. Bottasso (Chief editor)
AR by Rishikesh Joshi on behalf of the Authors (18 Feb 2025)  Manuscript 
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Short summary
This paper presents a methodology for assessing the system design and scaling trends in airborne wind energy (AWE). A multi-disciplinary design, analysis, and optimisation (MDAO) framework was developed, integrating power, energy production, and cost models for the fixed-wing ground-generation (GG) AWE concept. Using the levelized cost of electricity (LCoE) as the design objective, we found that the optimal size of systems lies between the rated power of 100 and 1000 kW.
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